In addition, Uniper recently concluded an agreement with Dutch Titan LNG on the development of the technical and commercial interface for small scale LNG.

The FSRU Wilhelmshaven will allow for the loading of bunker barges, with plans to build truck loading bays to allow for the onward transportation of LNG by road.

Uniper is also expanding its LNG business activities in other areas as it will be supplying up to 1 million tons of LNG from the Freeport LNG facility in the United States to southwestern Europe over the coming three years.

An agreement from 2015 grants Uniper the right to export approximately 0.9 million tons of LNG on a free-on-board (FOB) basis from the US for a period of twenty years.

Since Freeport LNG aims to start initial LNG deliveries in the second half of this year, Uniper has already begun worldwide marketing of the LNG of this agreement, the statement reads.